Head-on collision vs. idiot driver -- Cybertruck accident aftermath (pic + video)

[PATEL]

Not my CT, but impressive safety outcome considering the speed at time of head-on collision.

Accident video:

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[StarnesMDM]

Makes me happy about rolling around in a 7,000 lb tank. Glad you have the footage clearly shows it was an idiot driver

 

[malinecentral]

I hope whoever that idiot was gets severe punishment and jail time. That is not an accident. That person is either dangerous or extremely stupid and potentially both. Thank God you were in a 7000 pound vehicle but imagine that’s a mother with three kids in the car in a compact. I can only hope that person eliminated themselves from the gene pool. And while that may sound harsh put anybody you love in the same situation as OP just minding your business, but some idiot decided they had to go a few miles per hour faster and try and pass on a blind hill.

 

[Galvatron]

Sure hope everyone involved is ok.

Looked like the giga-wiper tried to come to the rescue, although a bit late, with an always welcome, dry wipe.

 

[ChiTownCT]

Oh my god, honestly not everyone deserves a fucking license. Imagine these people share the roads with us..

 

[Airborne Rhino]

Scary, what an idiot. Glad you are okay

 

[CyberGus]

Autonomous driving cannot get here fast enough.

 

[CyberGus]

Btw, this was an offset collision, not a head on

I'd call this a "head-on collision with offset"

 

[RonM]

BUMPER CARS!

 

[schotzy]

Makes me happy about rolling around in a 7,000 lb tank. Glad you have the footage clearly shows it was an idiot driver

its a Tank that thinks its a daisy...

 

[CyberGus]

I hope whoever that idiot was gets severe punishment and jail time.

At first I wanted to grant the driver some grace, as the road just before the hill was a passing zone. Perhaps they under-estimated the distance needed to overtake, or worse, the guy getting passed got triggered and sped up.

But the passed vehicle was a truck pulling an RV, with limited acceleration available. And the passing vehicle was still way behind the truck as it crested the hill. They must have foolishly started to overtake at the top of the hill.

 

[CapheDa]

The Cybertruck wanted to keep going. Minor flesh wound.

 

[pricedm]

Btw, this was an offset collision, not a head on

Offset collisions are even more dangerous, less of the bumper/crash structures are directly involved to dissipate collision energy.

 

[pricedm]

Not my CT, but impressive safety outcome considering the speed at time of head-on collision.

Any bets when MSM picks up this story? Jalopnik or FredFlinstone's Electrek?

I'm impressed with how the Cybertruck protects its people. Great example!

 

[CyberGus]

Offset collisions are even more dangerous, less of the bumper/crash structures are directly involved to dissipate collision energy.

The last-second swerve turned it into more of a glancing blow. Both vehicles continued in their respective directions (although the other vehicle fared far worse lol).

If the CT had hit an immovable object, or one with equal momentum, then the collision would have looked more like the offset crash test:

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